00:00 So I'm not going to say it's easy, but it's absolutely true that we
00:03 That it trickles down to grassroot football
00:07 I mean how many how many of your kids have dived on the floor?
00:10 Because they've seen a professional football player do it at the weekend you know so they the behavior does
00:15 transpire all the way through to grassroots football, but I think
00:20 The nature of the game is so competitive now with the pressure being
00:27 Everywhere you know in this league especially I think the biggest thing always is to to have a
00:33 Consistent approach and what I mean by this is I remember a few years back when I was still a player
00:38 That it was a massive theme team for for players of the top teams to go and surround referees
00:45 and I remember we we had a meeting about this with the referees and I was one of the captains and and and
00:54 Not saying but our team was actually quite good at doing we weren't doing it too much
00:59 But I did say to the referees
01:00 I said look if the others are getting an advantage because of it and and they're influencing the referees
01:05 I'm getting pressure for my team and saying what why aren't we doing it so the Premier League did something really well really good
01:12 And they started putting big fines on the teams that were doing it and actually red cards and sanctions with it
01:18 Soon as they did that I think out of the English game that and diving for example
01:22 It's it when I'll in a completely over now
01:26 Direction than for example in other leagues in Europe where I also played and what I mean by this is no
01:31 It's no different for for the coaches
01:33 So if we're in a position where others might get an advantage it becomes very difficult
01:38 for us to to to kind of almost not mimic the behavior although we don't want to and
01:44 And certainly I try I've tried my whole life not to do but it's difficult
01:47 And therefore what I want to the point I want to make is
01:52 If if the league is hard on it, and the league makes a decision that we won't accept it anymore, and it stops
01:58 And no team can gain an advantage of out of it, and then it will stop you know because
02:04 All the managers I've met so far are reasonable sensible people very likable when you get to talk to them
02:11 So I can't imagine for one reason that we all enjoy you know
02:15 What you say anting and raving
02:19 Ranting and raving on a weekend just you know for we I think I think there's more that goes into our work that that than
02:25 That but it is
02:26 Whether you think that it's a competitive advantage or not and in the end that's that's what at stake every every game you play
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